UKFast Blog: June2017

Whilst it's true that cyber criminals never sleep it's also basically the weekend, so we've peppered our tech news roundup with a little more fun and a lot more fur than usual. Have a great one! 1. Meet Popchop, Fuzzable, and Spackles Do these completely made-up words sound like they could be the name of your next pet? That’s because they were created by a neural network, built by research scientist Janelle Shane. A guinea pig rescue home asked for her help in naming their backlog of ‘pigs, so she fed in a list of the most common names we…

Whilst WannaCry is in the rear-view mirror for most of us, there’s a new threat looming over the horizon called Petya. Well technically it’s called NotPetya, but it is Petya. It’s a sequel. Bear with me. The virus is thought…

While #BringYourDogToWorkDay might be trending on Twitter and lighting up the face of every pup-parent across the country, at UKFast, every day of the year is Bring Your Dog To Work Day! Alongside the free bar, gym, and skiing howlidays,…

Companies are being hacked, parliamentary officials are losing their passwords and now even speed cameras are infected with ransomware. Is this the end of the world as we know it? Nope, it’s just another week on the web! Here are…

Trying to remain neutral whilst describing British politics in the last 12 months leaves me with only one viable adjective: eventful. Though the initial Brexit announcement may feel like it happened in the 1800’s it was just 12 months ago.…

Whatever your line of work (unless you’re a lumberjack or glass-blower) it likely includes collecting and redistributing data. You probably don’t call it ‘redistributing data’ though, because that would be weird. Instead, you’ll know it as sharing sales figures or…

We’ve gathered up the week’s technology links in case you missed them, and we're saying happy birthday to the gif, which has been around for 30 years. Have a great weekend! 1. Happy 30th to your favourite image file type…

Finding the time and motivation to exercise is a hurdle stopping a lot of us from actually getting out there and doing it. This is particularly true if it’s raining or you’re tired or, let’s be honest if there’s literally…

A few years ago you might have heard the term ‘ransomware’ and assumed it was a new line of clothing. These days we’re all too familiar with cyber criminals and the threat they pose to us and businesses online. The…